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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/aio_read.2 b/lib/libc/sys/aio_read.2
index 2f16809..bbf96cc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/aio_read.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/aio_read.2
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 21, 2016
+.Dd August 19, 2016
.Dt AIO_READ 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ not be referenced after the request is enqueued.
.Pp
The
.Fa iocb->aio_sigevent
-structure can be used to request notification of the request's
+structure can be used to request notification of the operation's
completion as described in
.Xr aio 4 .
.Sh RESTRICTIONS
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ and the buffer that the
.Fa iocb->aio_buf
member of that structure references must remain valid until the
operation has completed.
-For this reason, use of auto (stack) variables
-for these objects is discouraged.
.Pp
The asynchronous I/O control buffer
.Fa iocb
@@ -102,8 +100,7 @@ should be zeroed before the
call to avoid passing bogus context information to the kernel.
.Pp
Modifications of the Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure or the
-buffer contents after the request has been enqueued, but before the
-request has completed, are not allowed.
+buffer contents are not allowed while the request is queued.
.Pp
If the file offset in
.Fa iocb->aio_offset
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